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General Says Baghdad Secure, Iraqi People Free
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 11:09 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2003 – The Army general who led the battle of Baghdad said today he is "not particularly concerned about security" in the Iraqi capital. More >>
Disappointed Wolfowitz Supports U.S.-Turkish Ties
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 11:00 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2003 – U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz says he still supports strong ties between Turkey and the United States. He maintains this view although he's unhappy over a Turkish government decision that prevented American ... More >>
Forces Capture Iraqi Mobile Bioweapons Facility
Thursday, 8 May 2003, 10:59 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2003 – Coalition forces have obtained an Iraqi mobile biological weapons production facility, defense officials confirmed today. However, no traces of biological weapons have been found on the trailer. More >>
What Saddam Did to Iraq Is Heartbreaking, Rumsfeld
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 3:08 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2003 – The neglect and damage deposed dictator Saddam Hussein inflicted on Iraq and its people "is just heartbreaking," U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told reporters here today. More >>
Tankers Learn Lessons of Peacekeeping
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 11:39 am | American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 5, 2003 – "If someone is running away from the gas station, don't shoot," Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Lujan told his men. "Remember, this is peacekeeping. We're not in combat." More >>
Despite Hazards, American Forces Making Progress
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 11:36 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 5, 2003 – Despite a dangerous situation on the ground, American forces are overseeing tremendous humanitarian progress in Iraq. More >>
State Department Official to Administer Iraq
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 11:30 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2003 – President Bush announced today he has appointed a State Department counterterrorism expert to administer Iraq. More >>
The Faces Behind the Faces on the Most Wanted Deck
Wednesday, 7 May 2003, 11:29 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2003 — The faces of Saddam Hussein's defeated regime on the now-famous "most wanted" card deck have become ever familiar with more than 1 million decks printed and sold. More >>
Saudi Base to Close, Ops Center Moves to Qatar
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 2:42 pm | American Forces Press Service
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2003 -- DoD officials said that the combined air operations center at this base will be mothballed and all U.S. aircraft operating from here will be gone by August. More >>
Rumsfeld Praises Airmen for Iraqi Freedom
Wednesday, 30 April 2003, 2:41 pm | American Forces Press Service
PRINCE SULTAN AIR BASE, Saudi Arabia, April 29, 2003 – Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld told airmen here that what they accomplished for the Iraqi people, for the region and for the world is truly remarkable. More >>
Iraqi-Americans Are Proof Iraq Can Be Free - Bush
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 4:48 pm | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 28, 2003 – The days of repression of the Iraqi people are over, President Bush told a crowd of Iraqi expatriates in Dearborn, Mich., today. "Iraq will be democratic," he added. More >>
Number of U.S. Forces in Gulf Will Decline
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 4:44 pm | American Forces Press Service
DOHA, Qatar, April 28, 2003 – The number of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region will drop as a result of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said here today. More >>
Study Needed Before Force Gulf Footprint Changes
Tuesday, 29 April 2003, 4:42 pm | American Forces Press Service
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 27, 2003 – The footprint of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf region will change in the coming months, but it is too soon to say how, defense leaders said following meetings with leaders of the United Arab Emirates ... More >>
Forces Detain Self-Proclaimed Mayor of Baghdad
Monday, 28 April 2003, 11:38 am | American Forces Press Service
BAGHDAD, Iraq, April 27, 2003 - Coalition forces detained Mohammed Muslim Al Zubaidi today near the Coalition Civil Military Coordination Center, according to U.S. Central Command officials. More >>
Tariq Aziz Brings Total of Top 55 in Custody to 12
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:54 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2003 – With Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister and sometime-spokesman Tariq Aziz now in American custody, 12 of the 55 most wanted Iraqis are accounted for, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said today. More >>
Attack Kills 1, Injures 5 Americans in Afghanistan
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:54 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2003 – One American service member was killed and five injured in an attack this morning in Afghanistan, defense officials said. More >>
DARPA Phraselator Device Bridges Language Divides
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:52 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 25, 2003 – Non-linguist U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq have been able to communicate with local citizens by using a paperback-book-sized device called the phraselator. More >>
Army Col Steven Bucci: The Secretary's Team Leader
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:45 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2003 -- More than 20 years ago, U.S. Army 1st Lt. Steven Bucci was a team leader in the mountains of Greece near the Yugoslavian border. Now, the Special Forces colonel is serving a two-year tour behind a desk at the Pentagon, ... More >>
Saddam Hussein 'May' Be Dead or Severely Injured
Monday, 28 April 2003, 10:43 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON – "Some evidence" suggests Saddam Hussein may have died in air strikes that opened Operation Iraqi Freedom, President Bush said April 24. More >>
Murderer Killed in Coalition Raid in Kandahar
Thursday, 24 April 2003, 11:23 am | American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2003 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan believe they killed the man who murdered a Salvadoran Red Cross worker March 27, officials at Combined Joint Task Force 180 said today. More >>
